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Introduction

Unchained Engine is an open-source API-first e-commerce framework that lets you build your own custom shopping experiences

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Unchained Engine provides:​

  • Codeability, so you can tweak the system with endless possibilities not restricted by "customization" or a settings-approach
  • GraphQL API, allowing you to build fast, performant and modern storefronts
  • Stateless architecture, allowing you to scale horizontally and vertically
  • Production readiness, due to the fact that the host company uses the Unchained Engine for medium- to big enterprise web shops (Dogfooding)

Solution Overview​

The following diagram shows all applications and services provided by Unchained as open-source software for you to easily setup your first eCommerce store in a few minutes.

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As you can see the Unchained Engine ecosystem consists of

  • the Engine itself as server-side only GraphQL API included in a Node app to serve all functionality to manage the store *
  • the Storefront boilerplate web app which provides a customizable UI for the public store itself as Next.js project

The next chapter helps you setup an E-Commerce solution self-hosted.